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The airline was started in 1927 by Noel Wien in Nome, Alaska , but traces its roots back to Noel's 1924 to 1926 flights out of Fairbanks with Bennett Rodebaugh 's Fairbanks Airplane company which was later absorbed into Wien Alaska Airways. Wien Air Alaska at one time flew to more places in the world than any other airline excluding Aeroflot . By the early 1980s their route network extended from Point Barrow and dozens of Alaskan towns all the way down to Phoenix , Oakland , and Denver . Their main bases were in Anchorage and Seattle . Before Wien Air folded in 1985, they were known as the second oldest airline in the U.S. AIRCRAFT OPERATED 1920s:
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The airline was purchased in 1981 by the company's current president, Jim J. Flood, who oversaw its liquidation November 23, 1984, earning Flood a sizeable profit and resulting in more than 1500 jobs lost. SOURCES
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